BOOK SERIES/JOURNAL OF
SENTIENT MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS
Scope
The Book Series/Journal of Sentient Multimedia Systems (JSMS) is
intended to be a forum for researchers, practitioners and
developers to exchange ideas and research results, for the
advancement of sentient multimedia systems,
which are distributed systems capable of actively interacting with the environment by gathering, processing, interpreting, storing and retrieving multimedia information
originated from sensors, robots, actuators, websites and other information sources.
JSMS publishes research papers, state-of-the-art
surveys, review articles, in the areas of
sentient multimedia systems, distributed multimedia
systems, sensor networks, multimedia interfaces,
visual communication, multi-media communications, cognitive
aspects of sensor-based systems,
and parallel/distributed/neural computing & representations
for multmedia information processing. Papers are also welcome
to report on actual use, experience, transferred technologies
in sentient multimedia systems and applications.
Book reviews and tool reviews, not to exceed four pages, can also be submitted
to the book reviews editor and tools reviews editor, respectively.
Click here for a recent international conference on sentient multimedia systems.
Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscripts shall be submitted electronically to
the book series/journal's website (to be named). Original papers only will be considered.
Manuscripts are accepted for review with the understanding
that the same work has not been and will not be nor is
presently submitted elsewhere, and that its submission for
publication has been approved by all of the authors and by
the institution where the work was carried out; further,
that any person cited as a course of personal communications
has approved such citation. Written authorization may be
required at the Editor's discretion. Articles and any other
material published in JSMS represent the opinions of the
author(s) and should not be construed to reflect the
opinions of the Editor(s) and the Publisher.
Form of Manuscript
Manuscripts should be submitted in the form of a pdf file. Its printed version should be double-spaced on one side
of 8.5 X 11 in white paper with 1 inch margins. Page 1
should contain the article title, author(s), and
affiliation(s); and the name and complete mailing address of
the person to whom correspondence should be sent. Any
footnotes to the title (indicated by *, +, etc.) should be
placed at the bottom of page 1. Page 2 should contain a
short abstract (100-150 words).
List of Symbols
The manuscript should contain a list of all
symbols used in the paper. They should be identified
typographically for the printer, not mathematically. This list
will not appear in print, but is essential to avoid costly
corrections in proof.
Footnotes
Text footnotes should be avoided whenever
possible. If they must be used, indicate them by superscript
numbers in the text, and type them all double-spaced on a
separate page.
Equations
Equations should be typewritten and with the number placed
in parentheses at the right margin. Reference to the
equations should use the form "Eq. (3)" or simply (3).
References
References should be indicated in the text by numbers in
square brackets and listed at the end of the paper in
numerical order; they should be typed double-spaced on a separate
page. Style and punctuation of references must be in
accordance with the following examples:
1. T. Y. Kong and A. W. Roscoe, Continuous analogs of
axiomated digital surfaces. Comput. Vision Graphics Image
Process 29, 1985, 60-86.
2. R. M. Haralick, edge and region analysis for digital
image data in Image Modeling (A. Rosenfeld, Ed), pp.
171-184, Academic Press, New York, 1981.
3. R. A. Schowengerdt, Techniques for Image Processing
and Classification in Remote Sensing, Academic Press,
New York, 1983.
Reports should not be cited unless absolutely necessary.
Tables should be umbered with Arabic numerals in order of
appearance in the text. They should be typed double-spaced
on separate pages. Each table should have a short descriptive
caption. Table footnotes (indicated by superscript
lower-case letters) should be typed at the end of the table.
Figures should be numbered in order of appearance (with
Arabic numerals) and should have short descriptive captions.
Line drawings must be drawn using a WORD processor.
Photographs must be in high resolution. No
figures should exceed 8.5 x 11 inch in size; they should be
designed to fit the proportions of the printed page.
Review Form
The electronic review form can be used
by reviewers to review papers submitted to JSMS.
Copyright
Authors submitting a manuscript do so with the understanding
that if it is accepted for publication, copyright in the
article, including the right to reproduce the article in all
forms and media shall be assigned exclusively to the
publisher. The Publisher will not refuse any reasonable
request by the author for permission to reproduce any of his
or her contributions to the book series/journal.
the publisher now requires that all manuscripts submitted to its book series/journals be accompanied by a
signed copyright transfer agreement (html file).
The copyright transfer does not take effect until the
manuscript is accepted.
Under the terms of the U.S. copyright law effective January 1, 1978, and the copyright laws
of many other countries, book series/journal publishers are required to obtain written confirmation from authors
in order to acquire copyright rights for papers published in their book series/journals. We are therefore asking
you to sign and return the applicable section of the accompanying form. If you and your co-authors,
if any, own rights in your paper as individuals, please sign Section A of the attached form. If you
work for a corporation that owns the rights in the paper, please have an authorized officer of the
corporation sign Section B. If the paper is in the public domain because you created it within the
scope of your employment with the U.S. government or another government that does not claim any
copyright or if the paper is subject to Crown copyright because you arc an employee of the British
or Canadian government, please sign Section C.
No manuscript will be processed until the appropriate form has been returned.
We ask your cooperation because it is of vital importance for the widest possible
dissemination of your paper and the continued viability of our book series/journal. We must have your written
confirmation in order to authorize libraries and other information centers to use this material and to
perform other appropriate publishing functions.
If your manuscript is not published within a reasonable period of time after acceptance, upon
written request, the publisher will promptly return the rights to the manuscript to the author(s).
IMPORTANT: Note that the publisher may choose to publish an abstract or portions of
the paper prior to publishing the paper in the book series/journal. Please contact the publisher immediately
if you would like the publisher to refrain from such prior publication for any reason, including
disclosure of a patentable invention.
Check List for an Accepted Paper
Once a paper is accepted, the following items should be provided by the author(s):
Original manuscript in WORD format and pdf format
High quality original figures in jpg format
Expected Turnaround Time
The expected turnaround time is about eight to nine months, i.e.,
it takes about eight to nine months from the date of submission of paper to the date of acceptance decision.
Publication Cost
To defray the expenses related to the publication
of the manuscript in the Book Series/Journal, the Publisher charges
a one-time-only fee of $300 US Dollars regardless
of the length of the article.
Open Subscription to the Book Series/Journal
There is no cost for subscription to the Book Series/Journal.
To enhance the interactive exchange of knowledge,
a portal will be extablished for people to log in
and acess the book series/journal, as well as to use the
online forum to exchange information with authors,
readers and other researchers.
Send Electronic Manuscripts and Correspondence to:
Editor-in-Chief: chang@cs.pitt.edu
or
Co-Editor-in-Chief: nesi@dsi.unifi.it
Authors interested in online
submission are requested to go to the book series/journal's website (to be named) and upload their manuscript and its associated
artwork. An electronic (PDF) proof is generated and the reviewing process is carried out using
that PDF. The PDF file may be edited after acceptance to follow book series/journal standards. Authors and
editors send and receive all correspondence by email via the website (to be named) and no paper
correspondence is performed.
Authors can also submit their ps or pdf file to the editorial office by e-mail.
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Shi-Kuo Chang, Dept. of Computer Science, University
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, U.S.A. (Tel
412-624-8423, Fax 412-624-8423, E-mail
chang@cs.pitt.edu)
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Paolo Nesi,
University of Florence, Florence, Italy (E-mail
nesi@dsi.unifi.it)
Call for Members of the Board of Reviewers
We are looking for people to serve on the Board of Reviewers who will be
acknowledged in the book series/journal annually. Each reviewer receives at most three
papers per year to review. If you are interested in serving as a reviewer,
please send a list of keywords describing your area of interest and
the URL of your Web site via e-mail to Professor Chang (chang@cs.pitt.edu).